The future of the GOP

My idea of a civilized society is one which encourages individual achievement and self-sufficiency, not dependence on the state. Oh yeah, and one that doesn't sanction the slaughter of babies.

The Doctor wrote: thellama73 wrote: My idea of a civilized society is one which encourages individual achievement and self-sufficiency, not dependence on the state. Oh yeah, and one that doesn't sanction the slaughter of babies. Of course not, then where would the corporations get all their cheap labor from? Got to keep the population high to keep the workers cheap.

Asia?

Your assumption that a high population translates into high levels of poverty is incorrect. Population growth is essential to a growing economy, because each person is then capable of producing something, as well as consuming the products produced by others. Population growth is good.

Courtesy of bartcop.com:
Subject: What Should They Do Now

Bart
I have been watching the news and all the Pundits are asking what happened and what should the
Republicans do to fix their problem. Not one of them has spoke the truth on what they need to do.

Number 1 The Women of this country really don't like a bunch of old fat rich white guys telling them
what they can and can not do with there bodies. LISTEN to the women and stop doing that.

Number 2 You cant take away Health coverage for over 40 million Americans with pre existing conditions
then say they dont deserve to have insurance because the insurance companies arent making enough of a profit.
That really pisses people off.

Number 3 Stop the HATE    If your marriage is so fragile that people of the same sex who love each other
and deserve the same rights as every other citizen has, then you have a pretty sh*tty marriage. Divorce each other
and find happiness.

Number 4 Stop putting Corp. Profits over people   Nothing much to add to that.

Number 5 Whether You like it or not the country is changing there are more educated minorities and guess what:
They VOTE   Stop trying to send their parents back to a place where they can't live a healthy happy life with their
AMERICAN born children.

NUMBER 5 stop trying to force your religion down MY throat, I really dont care what You believe and quite honestly
I think that talking to zombies and ghosts is a little crazy.

Number 6 If You ever get the chance to govern again remember the 300 million people who You are charged
with Governing not the 1% that really dont care anything about You or Your loved ones. You're a pawn in their game
to get more wealth and power period nothing more nothing less.

Number 7 Learn to be gracious and caring. If the pundits would tell them this instead of making excuses for these
PIGS then maybe just maybe they will get the chance to govern again if they stay on the latest course then they
can kiss their GOP ass goodbye.
Geoff

Rush Limbaugh, Fox News. Wallow in it. Or how about a little Dana?
http://soundcloud.com/mike-in-raleigh/dana-loesch-flies

Edited by Slartibartfast - November 08 2012 at 03:44

What are the specific differences between Obama's stance on abortion and Romneys? I know what Romney has said, but had he won what would he have actually done about it??

Slartibartfast wrote: Number 1 The Women of this country really don't like a bunch of old fat rich white guys telling them what they can and can not do with there bodies. LISTEN to the women and stop doing that.

Ah, but political commentators can tell us what the women of this country want. 

Women can do what they want with their bodies.  They cannot do anything they like to someone else's.

The T wrote: Come on now you can go smoke weed. Your state has really advanced.

Edited by zachfive - November 08 2012 at 15:01

zachfive wrote: The T wrote: Come on now you can go smoke weed. Your state has really advanced. Facetiousness  aside, the majority of people who voted against I-502 had a High school diploma or less, while the majority of those who voted for it had a High school diploma or a higher degree. I truly believe that I-502 is progress, just like the twenty-first amendment was progress. Epignosis wrote: Women can do what they want with their bodies.  They cannot do anything they like to someone else's. If you consider a fetus to be "someone else" then you are wrong. Women who are pregnant can legally drink alcohol or smoke tobacco, they are just advised not to. Both activities will negatively affect the child, but no one can stop them from participating in those harmful activities. If you want to abolish abortion, then you may as well try to make it illegal for pregnant woman to consume/do anything that could harm the fetus/person/child/whatever. Hell make it illegal for people who have genetic ailments that will be passed on to their offspring to conceive. Now all scoffing aside, the GOP shouldn't reform their beliefs to conform to current stereotypes. Their is nothing wrong with voicing your opinion, even if the majority doesn't agree with you.The GOP should realize that their morals and values differ from the majority, and should ride their elephants to martyrdom with their heads held high. The one thing I can respect about republicans is that they stand up for what they believe, no matter how unpopular. Sure, this attitude wouldn't be conducive to winning elections, but they already ain't doing much of that.

 

zachfive wrote: If you consider a fetus to be "someone else" then you are wrong. Women who are pregnant can legally drink alcohol or smoke tobacco, they are just advised not to. Both activities will negatively affect the child, but no one can stop them from participating in those harmful activities. If you want to abolish abortion, then you may as well try to make it illegal for pregnant woman to consume/do anything that could harm the fetus/person/child/whatever. Hell make it illegal for people who have genetic ailments that will be passed on to their offspring to conceive.

Are you sure you wish to plumb the depths of my consistency?

Slartibartfast wrote: I just don't know what the GOP is going to do in Obama's hellish 2016 nightmare. Damn shame they didn't get the John Carpenter's They Live vision of the future... Anyway, as to their future, I'm thinking Whigs.